Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 13, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4758

Description

phpBB 2.0.21 does not properly handle pathnames ending in %00, which allows remote authenticated administrative users to upload arbitrary files, as demonstrated by a query to admin/admin_board.php with an avatar_path parameter ending in .php%00.

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Affected products

PhpBB/phpBB2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:phpbb_group:phpbb:2.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =2.0.21

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.security.nnov.ru/Odocument221.htmlnvdExploit
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/22188nvd
secunia.com/advisories/28871nvd
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1488nvd
www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.phpnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445788/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20347nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21806nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28884nvd

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